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A set of six World War II medals including The 1939-1945 Star, The Atlantic Star, The Africa Star with North Africa 1942-43 bar, The Burma Star with Pacific bar, the War Medal and The Defence Medal, together with military buttons, glasses etc

A set of three World War I medals including the British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to 52230 PTE B Davies R.A.M.C and 1914-15 Star to 52230 L-CPL B Davies R.A.M.C together with another British War medal and Victory medal issued to 209538 PNR. J A Thomas R.E. and cap badges

A Victorian Egypt 1882 medal issued to W Bird 2nd Cap: M.Top H.M.S. "Minotaur" together with a George V Royal Fleet Long Service Medal "Diuturne Fidelis" issued to 286843 DEV. A. 5223 E. Jenkins CH. STO. O. R.F.R., a British War Medal issued to 286843 E. Jenkins CH. STO. R.N., a British War medal issued to R4-063898 PTE. G.J. Sealy A.S.C., a Victory Medal issued to 18005 PTE. W. Ayres A.V.C. and a Victory Medal issued to 26431 PTE. W.E. Criddle GLOUC. R.

A rare Schmitt bisque head Bebe doll, French circa 1880, beautiful pale bisque head, fixed brown paper-weight eyes, feather brows, painted and shaded closed mouth, pierced ears, original cork pate and auburn wig, on a good jointed fixed wrist eight ball joint body, with crossed hammers on shield stamp, wearing antique cream dress with red stripes and polka dot pattern, straw bonnet, underclothes, socks and antique brown leather shoes, 15” (38cm) tall, incised ‘crossed hammers in shield’, SCH, 1, in 1878 Schmitt & Fils won a silver medal at the Paris Exposition for their Bebe dolls, (condition: head in perfect condition, one tiny wig flake to right temple, good original body with some slight wear).

A mixed lot to include a Merchant Tailors School's Hebrew prize medal named and dated to H C Jackson 1898, in a glazed white metal mount and suspension ring, a group of enamel badges to include a Merchant Navy example, two 19th century French figurines, spill vases, leather cased field binoculars and other items, Location:

A quantity of mainly late 20th century children's books to include annuals and Thomas The Tank, together with England football collectors medal collections and related items, Location:

BROCHE AIGUE-MARINE ET DIAMANTS, CIRCA 1900La médaille couronnée retenant une aigue-marine de forme briolette, représentant au recto Saint Michel et le Dragon, gravée 'Villes de Bruxelles', sertie de diamants de taille 8x8 et d'aigues-marines de forme carrée, gravée au verso 'Maurice Lemonnier, Echevin' (échevin), la médaille signée J.Brateau, dispense accordée pour l'or 18K (750°/00) et le platine (850°/00), hauteur 7.20 cm, poids brut 30.00 g.Footnotes:Baron Charles Jean Maurice Lemmonier (1860-1930) était un homme politique belge et maire de la ville de Bruxelles. En 1902, il est devenu échevin des Travaux publics et des Régies. Pendant l'occupation (1914-1917), Lemonnier a remplacé le maire Adolphe Max, emprisonné par les Allemands. Le boulevard Maurice Lemonnier, à Bruxelles, porte son nom en son honneur.AQUAMARINE AND DIAMOND BROOCH, CIRCA 1900The crowned gold medal suspending a briolette aquamarine, depicting to the front Saint Archangel Michael against the dragon and engraved 'Villes de Bruxelles', set with single-cut diamonds and square step-cut aquamarines and to the reverse engraved 'Maurice Lemonnier, Echevin' (alderman), the medal signed J.Brateau, exempted from hallmarking for 18 carat gold and platinum, height 7.20 cm, gross weight 30.00 grams.Baron Charles Jean Maurice Lemmonier (1860-1930) was a Belgian politician and mayor of the City of Brussels. In 1902, he became alderman of Public Works and Régies. During the occupation (1914-1917), Lemonnier replaced the mayor Adolphe Max, imprisoned by the Germans. Boulevard Maurice Lemonnier, in Brussels, is named in his honour.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea pair awarded to Third Hand J. Nixon, of the Steam Tug Circe Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, silver (Joseph Nixon, Wreck of the “Boreas” on the 26th November 1896); Germany, Oldenburg, Medal of Merit for Saving Life, by Brehmer, 30mm, silver, the edge engraved ‘Seermann Joseph Nixon, Sherbch, Boston, 18 Oct. 1901’, both housed in the base of a fitted case, edge bruising to first, good very fine (2) £700-£900 --- Joseph Nixon, Third Hand of the Steam Tug Circe, was awarded the Board of Trade Gallantry Medal in Silver for a rescue effected upon the schooner Boreas of Bristol. Three silver medals were awarded for this rescue action. He was later awarded a lifesaving medal from the German Grand Duchy of Oldenburg.

Family Group: Pair: Private A. D. Bromley, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (DM2-171115 Pte. A. D. Bromley. A.S.C.) extremely fine Jubilee 1977, attributed to Mrs. Marion Bromley, Women’s Royal Voluntary Service, unnamed as issued, mounted on lady’s bow riband, in Royal Mint card box of issue, extremely fine (3) £80-£100 --- Ashley Donald Bromley attested into the Army Service Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front. Post-war he settled in Maidenhead, Berkshire with his wife Marion, where he ran the family Bakery and Seed Merchant business with his brother. During the Second World War, he served in the 2nd Berkshire (Maidenhead) Battalion, Home Guard. Sold together with his Berkshire Home Guard record card and five school sporting medallions, all cased, three of which are silver. Marion Bromley was born in Kingswood, Bristol in 1903. After her marriage, she moved to Maidenhead, Berkshire, where she served for many years as the organiser of the Maidenhead Branch of the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service, having joined in 1940. During the Second World War, she took charge of the local Force’s Canteen. She was awarded the Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, as a result of her long service to the W.R.V.S. She died, aged 89, in January 1993. Sold together with two WRVS badges, various local press cuttings including her obituary, a contemporary group photograph of the Maidenhead Force’s Canteen and her medal riband bar.

The Incorporated Law Society Boer War Tribute Medal 1899-1902, 51mm, bronze, the obverse featuring the society’s coat-of-arms, ‘The Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom 1902’ around, the reverse inscribed ‘Presented by the President of the Society Sir Albert Kaye Rollit, LLD, DCL, MP, and the Vice President, John Edward Gray Hill, Esq., to Solicitors & Articled Clerks who served in the South African Campaign 1899-1902 and who were entertained by the Society at a Banquet in its Hall on December 18th 1902’, unnamed, edge bruise on reverse, some verdigris, very fine £70-£90

The regimentally unique and important ‘West Africa 1898’ D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Major-General Weir de L. Williams, Hampshire Regiment, a gallant and oft-wounded Channel Islander whose adventurous early career ranged from the North West Frontier of India, through the jungles of West Africa to the South African veldt; during the Great War he landed at Gallipoli from the SS River Clyde and played a prominent role in the bloody fighting at V beach, later holding Brigade and Divisional commands on the battlefields of the Western Front Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Lieut. W. de L. Williams 1st Hamp: Regt.); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1898 (Capt. W. de L. Williams D.S.O. Royal Niger Constably) renamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg (Capt. W. de. Le. Williams D.S.O. Hamps Rgt.) official corrections to post-nominal letters and unit; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. W. De L. Williams, D.S.O. Hamps R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Maj. Gen. W. De L. Williams); Delhi Durbar 1903, silver; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre 1914-15, with palm; Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., mounted court-style; together with a contemporary duplicate India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, this with officially re-engraved naming (Lieut. W. de L. Williams, 1st Bn. Hampshire Regt.), light contact marks, otherwise good very fine and better (12) £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: Spink, March 1992, when sold with ‘Niger 1897’ clasp on the renamed East and West Africa medal. C.B. (Military) London Gazette 1 January 1921. C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1917: ‘For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field’ D.S.O. London Gazette 30 June 1899:
‘In recognition of services with the Royal Niger Constabulary during the recent operations in the Benin Hinterland, Siama, &c.’ French Legion of Honour London Gazette 21 August 1919. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 24 February 1916. Roumanian Order of the Crown, Grand Officer London Gazette 20 September 1919. Belgian Order of the Crown and Croix de Guerre London Gazette 24 October 1919. M.I.D. London Gazettes 30 May 1899; 10 September 1901; 5 August 1915; 4 January 1917; 15 May 1917; 11 December 1917; 20 December 1918; and 5 July 1919. Weir de Lancey Williams was born at St Peter Port, Guernsey, on 2 March 1872, son of Lieutenant-General Sir William “Devil” Williams, K.C.B., Royal Artillery. He was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey and the United Services College, from which he entered the Royal Military College in 1889 as a Queen’s Cadet. He was commissioned into the Hampshire Regiment in 1891 and was sent to India to join the 1st Battalion. His first opportunity for active service presented itself in 1897, when he obtained an appointment as Assistant Transport Officer to the Second Division of the Tirah Field Force, formed to quell a series of tribal uprisings on the North West Frontier. One of only a handful of members of his Regiment to participate in these operations, during which he was shot through the foot on 11 December 1897, when Afridi tribesmen attempted to overwhelm the baggage train during a march down the Bara Valley. Shipped back to England to recuperate, he lost little time in arranging his next adventure, and in August 1898 headed to West Africa, on attachment to the forces of the Royal Niger Company. The appointment provided plenty of opportunities for action. As part of its efforts to establish control over the lower Niger, the Company conducted numerous expeditions – 63 in all between 1886 and 1899, when its charter was revoked on establishment of the Northern and Southern Nigerian Colonial Protectorates. Few of them involved more than three or four officers and 200 Royal Niger Constabulary troops, but the casualty returns show the risks to have been real, quite apart from the challenges presented by terrain and climate. In October 1898, quite soon after Captain Williams’ arrival, a particularly serious outbreak of fighting flared up around Asaba, a principal station of the Company, 150 miles up the Niger river. Fugitive chiefs fostered a revolt in opposition to the interference of the Company’s officers with sacrificial customs; the mission at Illah was ransacked and an attack made on the Company’s station. The disaffected district was extensive, requiring the despatch of a column of 400 Company troops, with three Maxims and two seven-pounder field pieces. Several fierce engagements were fought, resulting in casualties of eight killed and 34 wounded on the Company’s side. Williams was among the wounded, having commanded a force of 120 men which left Asaba on 2 November to deliver food and ammunition to the garrison at Isele, about 15 miles away. The narrow paths allowed single file as the only formation in which to move, and led through the thickest of forest, drastically reducing the field of view and rendering superior weapons such as the Maxims of little use. En route they met with some resistance but fought their way through and achieved their objective, with the loss of one man. However, by the time they started their return the following day the enemy had concentrated from surrounding districts and they faced some quite desperate fighting. Three miles from a town named Uburu Kiti they found the path blocked and were compelled to cut their way through the bush, under continuous attack. By the time they reached the town eight men had been wounded and ammunition was running short; here they met a strong party of the enemy defending a row of houses. The more open ground allowed the Maxim to be brought into action, but two gunners were killed in doing so, and the gun jammed after half a dozen shots. So, with 50 men, Williams charged the houses and cleared the enemy out. By the end of the day four men had been killed and 29 wounded, Captain Williams being shot in the side. Out of ammunition, and with the prospect of further fighting before reaching Asaba, the column made camp and a runner was sent ahead to ask for assistance. The relief found them after a four-hour march, very ragged, tired and blood-stained from their five-day ordeal. In June 1899 Captain Williams succeeded as commandant of the Royal Niger Company’s troops, in place of Captain H. W. E. Parker, South Wales Borderers, recently killed attempting to impose order in another remote and troublesome part of the territory. It fell to Williams to avenge his brother officer’s death, in leading a punitive expedition of 150 Hausa troops against the Suntai. This band were based about 50 miles south-east of Ibi, on the upper part of the Benue River (a tributary of the Niger), and had for some time been raiding their neighbours, who had appealed to the Company for protection. Marching from Ibi, Williams’ force attacked the town of Suntai, which put up a most determined fight. The town wall was found to be quite unclimbable, and where it was breached the defenders attempted repairs under fire in a very daring manner. The final assault through this breach cost the Company troops five men killed and 25 wounded; when the town fell and the captured chief was brought before him, Williams is said to have expressed his admiration of the plucky defence. Williams’ time with the Royal Niger Constabulary ended in September 1899 on his return to regimental duty, taking with him a D.S.O. in recognition of his services (presented to him by the Queen at Windsor, on 30th November 1899). He...

Three: Sergeant G. F. Morton, Royal Berkshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6879 Pte. G. F. Morton, 2nd Rl. Berks; Regt); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (394 Sgt. G. F. Morton 4/R. Berks: Regt); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (George F. Morton.) edge bruise to QSA, contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £200-£240 --- George Frederick Morton, a Plumber from Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, was born around 1876. He attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment at Reading, Berkshire, on 1 February 1900 and served during the Second Boer War in South Africa from 16 March 1900 to 4 November 1900, before his discharge at his own request on 19 January 1901. He subsequently attested for the 4th Volunteer Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, and in later life served as a Special Constable. Sold together with a quantity of Regimental and local shooting medallions and fobs, some named to the recipient, in silver and bronze, and copy service papers for his service in South Africa.

A Great War D.S.O. group of three awarded to Captain A. Witham, Royal Field Artillery, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. A. Witham.) good very fine (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 11 May 1918; citation published 18 July 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During an enemy attack he maintained the fire of his battery throughout the day in close support of the infantry, and finally man-handled his guns for 400 yards to a position whence the teams could hook in and saved all the guns. He showed the greatest coolness and resource.’ M.I.D. London Gazettes 21 May 1918 and 23 December 1918. Alexander Witham was born on 6 February 1880 and served in South Africa during the Boer War (Queen’s Medal with five clasp sand King’s Medal). He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery on 27 September 1914. He was promoted Lieutenant on 9 June 1915, and Captain on 29 March 1918. Twice Mentioned in Despatches, for his gallantry he was awarded the Military Cross (London Gazette 18 February 1918); this was later cancelled and upgraded to the Distinguished Service Order.

The Royal Military College Sandhurst King’s Medal awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Kingsale, D.S.O., Indian Army, late Connaught Rangers, who was five times Mentioned in Despatches King’s Medal, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 1902, 48mm, gold (56.69g) (Senior Corporal The Hon: Michael William Robert De Courcy), in Morocco leather fitted case of issue, edge nick, about extremely fine £2,000-£2,400 --- Michael William Robert De Courcy, 27th Baron Kingsale, was born on 26 September 1882, the son of the 26th Baron Kingsale, and was educated at Dulwich College and Kelly College, Tavistock, before entering the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1901, where he was awarded the King’s Medal, as the Officer Cadet with the highest scores in military, practical and academic studies. Commissioned into the Connaught Rangers, he served during the Tibet campaign of 1903 to 1904 before transferring to the 32nd Sikh Pioneers, Indian Army. He saw further service during the Abor Expedition of 1911 to 1912 (Mentioned in Despatches) and served during the Great War in Mesopotamia, (D.S.O., three times Mentioned in Despatches, and Order of the White Eagle of Serbia 5th class, with Swords). He later served during the Afghanistan Campaign 1919 to 1920 (Mentioned in Despatches), and afterwards during the 1922 Waziristan Campaign. Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel, he served with the 2nd Sikh Pioneers from 1927. He succeeded his father as the 27th Lord Kingsale, and the Premier Baron in the Peerage of Ireland, on 24 January 1931. He died, aged 87, on 7 November 1969.

Rhodesia, General Service Medal (3) (200910 S/Ldr R. Godfrey; 75760 Rfn I.N.C. Cummings; 648890 Pte. D. Lubambo); Rhodesia, Prison Service Medal (9587 Wdr. M. Musafare); South Africa, Police Medal for Combating Terrorism, silver (S172450R Konst M G G Klaasen 1985 01 10); Zimbabwe, Independence Medal 1980 (12224); together with an Africa Service Medal (C300461 H. Smith) some scuffing to naming on first, some edge bruises, otherwise generally very fine (7) £70-90

Commemorative Medal for the Battle of Waterloo, Pewter, ‘Napoleon Le Grand’, Gayrad F, Palmers Museum, London, rough casting on reverse, crack at suspension hole, otherwise very fine £40-£50 --- Opened in November 1815 by a Mr. Palmer, the Waterloo Museum was located at 97 Pall Mall, London. It was one of a number of London establishments targeting public interest in the Battle of Waterloo, earlier that year. Retired soldiers and men who had lost limbs at Waterloo were employed as staff, creating a direct link with the battle and a sense of authenticity. It also drew on the feeling of benevolence towards those wounded during the battle. The public euphoria around the victory at Waterloo positively changed the general view of the military.

The Incorporated Law Society Boer War Tribute Medal 1899-1902, 51mm, bronze, the obverse featuring the society’s coat-of-arms, ‘The Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom 1902’ around, the reverse inscribed ‘Presented by the President of the Society Sir Albert Kaye Rollit, LLD, DCL, MP, and the Vice President, John Edward Gray Hill, Esq., to Solicitors & Articled Clerks who served in the South African Campaign 1899-1902 and who were entertained by the Society at a Banquet in its Hall on December 18th 1902’, unnamed, some verdigris, very fine £70-£90

Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, with bronze palm emblem on riband, traces of verdigris, nearly very fine France, Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze (3), reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star emblem on riband; reverse dated 1939-1945, with bronze palm emblem on riband; Theatres d’Operations Exterieurs; Croix de la Valeur Militaire, bronze, with bronze palm emblem on riband, generally very fine United States of America, Air Medal, with two bronze oak leaf clusters on riband; Purple Heart, with one bronze oak leaf cluster on riband, with riband bar, in case of issue; Army Commendation Medal; Vietnam Service Medal, with riband bar, in card box of issue, all unnamed as issued, good very fine (9) £80-£100

A Sea Gallantry Medal life saving pair awarded to W. Brown, Chief Officer of the Steamship Bostonian of Liverpool, for rescuing the shipwrecked crew of the Steamship British King of Liverpool, which foundered in the North Atlantic Ocean on 11 March 1906 Sea Gallantry Medal, E.VII.R., small 2nd issue, silver (William Brown, wreck of the “British King” on the 11th March 1906) in fitted case of issue; Board of Trade Presentation Binoculars, in velvet lined fitted presentation box, with plaque on lid inscribed ‘Presented by the British Government to William Brown, Chief Officer of the Steamship “Bostonian” of Liverpool in acknowledgment [sic] of his humanity and kindness to the shipwrecked crew of the Steamship “British King” of Liverpool, which foundered in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the 11th. March, 1906.’, about extremely fine (2) £700-£900 --- ‘The steamship British King (4,717 tons), built 1891, of Liverpool, sprang a leak during a hurricane in the North Atlantic Ocean and began to sink on 10 March 1906. In answer to signals of distress the Mannheim bore down, but as the weather was too bad for a boat to be launched she stood by all night, and in the morning with the assistance of the Bostonian tried to form a lee so that a rescue might be attempted. After much difficulty and in spite of terrific weather, a boat was launched by the Mannheim and was so skilfully handled that 11 of the crew of the British King were rescued, but the boat was destroyed. The Bostonian then launched a boat but it was smashed alongside and the crew of the boat were injured and only rescued with difficulty. A second boat was launched from the Bostonian and rescued 13 of the crew of the British King before it was destroyed. Subsequently the British King foundered and five men were picked up clinging to her wreckage. There was a heavy sea at the time of the rescue and those who rendered assistance incurred great risk to life.’ (The Sea Gallantry Medal, by R. J. Scarlett refers). Thirteen men of the Bostonian were awarded the Sea Gallantry Medal in Silver for the rescue. First Mate William Brown and Second Mate Sydney Arthur Cornwell were additionally awarded binoculars; other crew members were each awarded £3. One gold and four silver Foreign Service medals were awarded to men of the German S.S. Mannheim. Sold with copied research.

Three: Private H. Dymock, Bedfordshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (10672 Pte. H. Dymock. Bedf: R.); British War and Victory Medals (10672 Pte. H. Dymock. Bedf. R.) nearly very fine Three: Private H. R. Hilton, Bedfordshire Regiment, later Military Foot Police 1914-15 Star (3994 Pte. H. R. Hilton, Bedf. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3994 Pte. H. R. Hilton. Bedf. R.) light contact marks, very fine (6) £70-£90 --- Harry Dymock attested for the Bedfordshire Regiment and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 July 1915. Horace Robert Hilton attested for the Bedfordshire Regiment at Bedford on 9 September 1914, and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War in the Balkan theatre of War from 26 July 1915. He later transferred to the Military Foot Police. Sold with copied Medal Index Card, medal roll extracts, and service papers

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (Corpl. G. Cooke, 1st Batn. 5th Fusrs.) with replacement suspension rod, polished, therefore good fine £400-£500 --- Sold with a small photograph of the recipient in uniform wearing his medal, this damaged and pasted down on velvet covered board; together with a related? King’s Own Regiment collar badge.

Sinking of the SS Lusitania, 1915 (4), cast English copies of the medal by K. Goetz, 55mm, one with original box and leaflet, another with leaflet; Medal commemorating the Battle of the First of June 1794, bronze, silver gilded, the obverse with a bust of Admiral Howe in uniform, ‘Earl Howe Adml Of The White K: G:’, the reverse depicting Neptune armed with his trident standing in his car urging on his two sea horses, ‘French Fleet Defeated Off Ushant’, Exergue: ‘VII Sail Of The Line Captured 1 June MDCCXCIV’, polished, some gilding remains, this last fair (5) £70-£90

A post-War C.M.G., O.B.E. group of six awarded to J. R. W. Parker, Esq., who served as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Falkland Islands and High Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territories 1976-80 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Spink, London, case of issue, minor enamel damage to reverse central medallion; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1977, unnamed as issued, all mounted for display together with a London Scottish cap badge, and a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association lapel badge, good very fine (6) £600-£800 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 31 December 1977. O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1968. James Roland Walter Parker was born in 1919 and started government service with the Ministry of Labour in 1938. He served with the London Scottish during the Second World War and though he lost half a leg, as a result of war injury, it did not adversely affect his future career. After the war he resumed his duties with the Ministry of Labour until seconded to the Foreign Office in 1966. Subsequent postings took him to Nigeria, Fiji, Gambia and South Africa until, on 16 December 1976, he was appointed Governor and Commander in Chief of the Falkland Islands and High Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territories. His posting coincided with a time of increasing tensions in relations with Argentina, culminating in the Argentinean Invasion shortly after he had left office. Whilst involved in early implementation of some of the recommendations made in Lord Shackleton’s report on the Falkland Islands, Parker was also interested in the more remote areas of his territory and described his annual visits to South Georgia and the British Antarctic Territories as ‘one of the main blessings of the job’. He retired as Governor on 26 February 1980, and was succeeded in post by Rex Hunt. He died in November 2009. Sold with the original bestowal documents for both the C.M.G. and the O.B.E., these both mounted in glazed display frames; together with the original Central Chancery envelopes for both certificates; Central Chancery letters for the C.M.G.; and original telegram informing the recipient of the award of the C.M.G. (addressed ‘Personal for Governor’).

48th Foot Regimental Medal 1819, 38mm, silver, the obverse with crown above ‘48’, ‘1819. Northamptonshire’ below, with ‘Thomas Slater’ inscribed on obverse scroll, the reverse inscribed with 10 actions: ‘Talavera, Albuera, Rodrigo, Badajos, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse’, fitted with a hinged ring and straight silver bar suspender, very fine and rare, and one of Australia’s earliest recognised pieces of silver £3,000-£4,000 --- Referenced in Balmer R370. This medal was established by the officers of the Regiment 1819, whilst it was serving in Australia, 1817-24. The maximum number of actions is twelve, though eleven is the maximum so far recorded on a medal. The medals were engraved by Samuel Clayton, who was transported for forgery from Ireland to Australia for seven years in 1816. A painter, engraver and silversmith by trade, he established himself in Sydney as early as January of the following year, rapidly becoming one of the finest silversmiths in the Colony. Amongst other achievements he instigated the establishment of the first Masonic lodge in New South Wales, and designed and engraved the Colony’s first banknotes. He died at Gunning, N.S.W., in 1853. Thomas Slater attested for the 48th Regiment of Foot in Manchester on 31 August 1804, and served with the 1st Battalion in the Peninsula from 14 July 1809, quickly coming into action at the Battle of Talavera on 28 July 1809. It is probable that he was wounded at this battle as the muster rolls for the period 25 June to 24 September 1809 show the entry ‘General Hospital’ for the second muster (24 August) against his name. Slater served for the next five years in Portugal, Spain and France and was present with the battalion at the Battle of Albuhera; the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz; the battles of Salamanca and Vitoria; the three day battle in the Pyrenees, in which the 48th were once again to the fore with a bayonet charge; and finally the three battles at which he was present in France, Nivelle, Orthes and Toulouse. Following the declaration of peace he proceed with the 48th to Ireland on garrison duties, and then embarked with the regiment for Australia on the male convict ship Guildford as one of the guards, arriving at New South Wales on 11 April 1818. Slater served with the regiment in Australia until March 1824, when he and a number of others transferred to the 3rd Foot, probably due to the impending departure of the regiment to join the Army in India. No other trace of the recipient has been found; he presumably completed his 21 years’ service in Australia, and then either returned to England or settled in the colony.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Captain E. Wallis, 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches Military Medal, G.V.R. (8506 Sjt: E. Wallis. 1/R. Berks: R.) suspension slack, edge bruises, edge dig across ‘R’ of regiment, otherwise very fine £200-£240 --- M.M. London Gazette 14 September 1916. M.I.D. London Gazettes 15 June 1916 and 24 June 1918. Ernest Wallis attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment and served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, on the Western Front from 12 August 1914. Appointed Sergeant, he was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Military Medal before being discharged to a commission with the 8th Battalion of his regiment. Appointed Captain, he was again Mentioned in Despatches.

An inter-War C.I.E. group of eleven awarded to Colonel H. C. Manders, Royal Berkshire Regiment, late Imperial Yeomanry, later Assam Valley Light Horse, who served as Aide-de-Camp to H.E. The Viceroy of India, and was Mentioned in Despatches during the Great War The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel, with small section of neck riband for display purposes, in Garrard, London, case of issue, minor green enamel damage to orb above crown; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut. H. C. Manders. 59/Co. Imp. Yeo.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt: H. C. Manders. I.Y.); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. H. C. Manders. R. Berks. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. C. Manders.); Defence Medal; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Indian Volunteer Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R. (Major H. C. Manders, Assam V.L.H. A.F.I.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Sergt. H. C. Manders. 6th. Assam Valley Lt. Horse. I.D.F.) mounted as worn, contact marks, edge bruises, generally very fine (11) £1,400-£1,800 --- C.I.E. London Gazette 1 January 1937. M.I.D. London Gazette 5 November 1915. Horace Craigie Manders was born in Farnham, Surrey, in October 1882 and attested as a Private for the 78th Company (Rough Riders), Imperial Yeomanry on 14 March 1900 for service during the Second Boer War. Commissioned as a Lieutenant into the 59th Company (Oxfordshire Hussars), Imperial Yeomanry on 9 December 1900, he was invalided home in May 1901, but returned to South Africa three months later, remaining there until the end of hostilities. He subsequently moved to Assam, India, to work as a Tea Planter, and there attested for the Assam Valley Light Horse, Indian Defence Force. At the outbreak of the Great War, he returned home and was commissioned into the 9th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. He served at Gallipoli attached to the 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment from 1 June 1915 (Mentioned in Despatches) and later transferred to the 11th King Edward’s Own Lancers, Indian Army, in 1918. Post War, he later served as Colonel Commanding the Assam Valley Light Horse and was appointed A.D.C. to H.E. The Viceroy of India, being appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire. He died in London on 11 November 1963.

Renamed and Defective Medals (2): Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 copy clasp (2), West Africa 1906 [not entitled] (478 Cpl. Rupia, 2nd K.A. Rif.); Jubaland (A/I. R. E. Royse.) renamed; contact marks, good fine (2) £80-£100 --- Sold with copied medal roll extracts showing entitlement for Corporal Rupia to the clasps ‘Somaliland 1902-04’ and ‘Jidballi’, and to the Ashanti Medal 1900 without clasp.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Sergeant H. Lunnon, 8th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on 12 August 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (45640 Sjt H. Lunnon. 8/R. Berks. R.) extremely fine £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1919. Herbert Frederick George Lunnon was born in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, where he attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for service during the Great War. He served on the Western Front from 22 July 1915 and later transferred to the Royal Berkshire Regiment. Appointed Sergeant, he was awarded the Military Medal, and was killed in action on 28 August 1918. He is buried in Longueval Road Cemetery, France.

Christ’s Hospital, Newgate, Marker’s Medal by L. Pingo, 35mm, silver, the obverse featuring a crowned bust of Edward VI facing right, the reverse featuring an open bible, ‘Her, Read, Mark, Lear’ around, the edge engraved ‘Iohn Dreweatt Dodd. 1841.’, contact marks and minor edge nicks, very fine £50-£70 --- Referenced in Eimer 66a

Renamed and Defective Medals: Military Medal, G.V.R. (2), the first erased, the second unofficially renamed ‘Sgt. E. Williams R.M.L.I. 14547’, nearly very fine (2) £100-£140

Sporting Medallions (10), Military Shooting Medal, A.R.A. Machine Gun, on ribbon with ‘Bisley’ Top Bar; Royal Navy and Royal Marines Swimming (R.N. Swimming Championships 1970 Water Polo Winning Team); Inter Company Rugby Football Competition; Water Polo (L. L. S. Richer (Capt.); Royal Navy And Army Boxing Association; The Home Counties Cadet Battalions Football Association; Durham University O.T.C.; British Expeditionary Force Recreational Training (Best All Round Athlete XVII Corps Cyc. Bn. France Pte C. Benson 31.7.18); Royal Duke of York’s Military School Dover; Victoria College Jersey Officers Training Corps, all silver, some edge bruises, generally very fine (10) £80-£100

Honourable East India Company Medal for the Capture of Rodrigues, Isle of Bourbon & Isle of France 1809-10, silver, a good original striking with contemporary silver loop suspension, nearly extremely fine £1,000-£1,400

Six: Sergeant A. V. Greenaway, Royal Signals 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Militia (2327271. Sjt. A. V. Greenaway. R. Sigs.) minor official correction to unit; Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Albert Victor Greenaway), the first five mounted as worn, the last in Royal Mint case of issue, minor edge bruise to ISM, otherwise very fine and better Atlantic Star (2); Pacific Star; Burma Star, good very fine (10) £60-£80 --- Sold with a RAOB Jewel commemorating the Silver Jubilee 1935, the reverse engraved ‘Bro. J. Middleton’; a white metal commemorative medallion for the proposed Coronation of Edward VIII; an empty Royal Mint case for the Imperial Service Medal; a naval lapel badge; and a H.M. Submarines naval cap tally.

British War Medal 1914-20 (Rev. E. Hastings.) nearly extremely fine £70-£90 --- The Reverend Edward Hastings served with the Young Men’s Christian Association during the Great War in Egypt from 22 October 1915 (entitled to a British War Medal only).

Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (S/19274 T.S. Mjr. R. O. Death. R.A.S.C.) attempted alteration of second initial to ‘A’; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R., unnamed as issued, very fine (2) £80-£100

Three: Private J. Hogarth, 18th Hussars 1914-15 Star (20276 Pte. J. Hogarth. 18th. Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (20276 Pte. J. Hogarth. 18th. Hrs.) BWM recently renamed, nearly very fine Pair: Private H. W. Russ, Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medal (124906 Pte. H. W. Russ. R.A.M.C.); together with a RAMC shoulder title and an unrelated British Red Cross Society Proficiency in Red Cross Nursing Medal, unnamed, very fine Renamed Medals (2): 1914 Star (Sgt. T. Lowe 266076 R. War. R.); 1914-15 Star (1403 Pte. W. Hill R. War. R.) both renamed, nearly very fine --- Joseph Hogarth attested for the 18th Hussars and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 June 1915. He was discharged on 21 January 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

A Second War ‘1943’ D.F.M. group of four awarded to Lancaster Navigator, Sergeant, later Flight Lieutenant, A. T. Caseley, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew in at least 24 operational sorties with the Squadron and was M.I.D. later in the war Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1313171. Sgt. T. A. Caseley. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 copy clasp, Atlantic; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted for wear, cleaned, very fine (4) £1,800-£2,200 --- Provenance: Spink, March 1996. D.F.M. London Gazette 14 September 1943. The original recommendation states: ‘Sergeant Caseley, throughout his tour of operational duty, has displayed praiseworthy efficiency as a navigator. In raids, most of the heavily fortified objectives in Germany and during mine laying sorties, his endeavours have contributed largely to the successes achieved by his crew. His keenness, enthusiasm and skill have earned the respect of his fellow navigators.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1945. Albert Theodore Caseley served during the Second War as a Navigator with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He served at 1656 Conversion Unit in February 1943, and was posted from there that month for operational service with 101 Squadron (Lancasters) at Holme-on-Spalding Moor. Caseley flew in at least 24 operational sorties with the Squadron, including: Nuremberg (2); St. Nazaire; Berlin (2); Hamburg; Munich; Stuttgart; Essen (3); Duisberg (4); Biarritz (3); Spezia (2); Pilsen - Skoda Works, 16 April 1943, when the rear turret of the aircraft was hit by flak; Stettin; Dortmund (2). Caseley was posted to 1667 Conversion Unit in June 1943. He was commissioned Pilot Officer in April 1943, advanced to Flying Officer the following year, and to Flight Lieutenant in April 1945. Sold with group photograph of crew in front of their aircraft “The Saint”.

Royal Fusiliers Sportsman’s Battalion Medal, 26mm, silver, the obverse with twin coat-of-arms and numbered ‘2004’, the reverse inscribed in raised letters, ‘from Emma Cunliffe-Owen, Oct. 1914, ‘God guard you’, with small ring suspension, good very fine, scarce £80-£100

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (2), V.R. (77 Sergt. R. Kimber. 1st. V.B. Royal Berks Regt) engraved naming; E.VII.R. (3960 Pte. G. Kelsey. 1/V.B. Rl. Berks: Regt.) impressed naming, the second planchet only, nearly very fine (2) £70-£90

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant J. T. Hodges, Gloucestershire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (203706 Cpl. J. T. Hodges. 1/5 Glouc: R. -T.F.) minor official correction to surname; British War and Victory Medals (203706 Sjt. J. T. Hodges. Glouc. R.) mounted as worn, polished, nearly very fine (3) £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 24 November 1918.

A Second War ‘1945’ D.F.C., ‘1943’ D.F.M. group of seven awarded to Halifax and Lancaster Rear Gunner, Flight Sergeant, later Flight Lieutenant, W. H. Goodridge, Royal Air Force, who flew in at least 91 operational sorties - the majority of which being with 419 (Moose) Squadron, R.C.A.F. and 75 (New Zealand) Squadron Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (635318. F/Sgt. W. H. Goodridge. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for display, with named Buckingham Palace enclosure for D.F.C., cleaned, generally very fine (7) £3,000-£4,000 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 16 February 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘This officer has now completed a total of 91 operational sorties comprising one tour of 24 operations flown in the Middle East, the remainder being carried out in the European theatre against a variety of targets in Germany and German Occupied territory. Since being awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal and his arrival at this Unit, F/O Goodridge has shown most commendable drive and efficiency, and the large number of operations carried out testifies in itself to his determination, keenness and fearlessness in engaging the enemy regardless of any personal risks involved. By his great experience, F/O Goodridge has been a most valuable asset to the Service, and to the Squadron as a whole, and I can think of no one more deserving of recognition. I strongly recommend that he be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. D.F.M. London Gazette 9 July 1943. The original recommendation states: ‘Since May 19th, 1940, Flight Sergeant Goodridge has completed seventy-three (73) sorties against the enemy as a Rear Gunner. Of this number, fifty sorties were completed from bases in the United Kingdom and the remainder from bases in the Middle East. His operations include attacks against Berlin, Hamburg, Essen, Kiel, Stettin and Munich, as well as Naples, Tripoli, Benghazi and the Corinth Canal. At no time during his operational career has Flight Sergeant Goodridge been found wanting in spirit or in willingness to complete whatever task was set him. Rather, he has shown extreme unwillingness to be rested from operations. I consider that this N.C.O.’s tenacity, keenness and devotion to duty, coupled with an almost shy manner, has set a fine example to the members of his crew, as well as to his Squadron as a whole, and feel that the award of the D.F.M. is fully justified. Remarks of Station Commander: I consider this N.C.O.’s skill and devotion to duty and his fine operational record over a period of three years warrant recognition by the award of the D.F.M.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 11 June 1942. William Henry Goodridge enlisted as Aircraftman 2nd Class in the Royal Air Force in February 1939. He carried out training as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, and advanced to Flight Sergeant. Goodridge was commissioned Pilot Officer in May 1943, and advanced to Flying Officer in November of the same year. He advanced to Flight Lieutenant in November 1945, and was recategorised as a Pilot in March 1952. Goodridge retired in 1954.

A Second War campaign group of six attributed to Hurricane, Wildcat and Corsair ‘Fighter Ace’ Lieutenant Commander D. M. Jeram, Fleet Air Arm and 213 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Attached to the latter for the duration of the Battle of Britain, Jeram is accredited with 4 enemy aircraft destroyed, and 2 probably destroyed during the Battle. He added another aircraft destroyed, and a shared destroyed during operations in North Africa, and went on to take part in operations supporting the invasion of Sicily and the Salerno Landings. Jeram commanded 1839 Squadron on operations along the Norwegian coast, 1943-44 1939-45 Star, 1 clasp, Battle of Britain; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, Atlantic; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted as originally worn, and additionally mounted for display on wooden board and cloth with worded tape ‘This set of 6 medals belonged to Lt. Cmdr. Denis Mayore [sic] Jeram RN Fleet Air Arm. Active Duty - Arcraft [sic] Carriers HMS Formidable and HMS Indomitable. Pilot flying Grummer Martlets/Wildcats/Mentioned in Dispatches [sic]’, and medals similarly listed, back cloth and ribands faded by sun, sometime cleaned, generally nearly very fine or better (6) £2,600-£3,000 --- Provenance: Purchased by the current vendor as is in October 1986. M.I.D. London Gazette 4 May 1943: ‘For great bravery in air operations against enemy Submarines and Shipping.’ Dennis Mayvore Jeram was born in Middlesex in November 1917, the son of a Lloyds Bank Manager. Jeram entered the Air Branch of the Royal Navy for a seven year engagement, 1 May 1939, with the rank of Midshipman. He did his elementary flying course at 14 E.F.T.S., Elmdon and moved on to No. 1 F.T.S., Leuchars for No. 6 Course, November 1939 - April 1940. Jeram was loaned to the Royal Air Force, 15 June 1940, and was posted to convert to Hurricanes at No. 7 O.T.U., Hawarden 17 June 1940. He was posted as a pilot for operational flying with 213 Squadron (Hurricanes) at Exeter, 1 July 1940. Jeram was immediately up in the air the following day, and took to the Hurricane well during the Battle of Britain: Destroying a Ju.88, and probably another, south of Portland Bill on 11 August, and destroying Me.110s on 12 and 15 August. Jeram destroyed a Do.17 on 15 September, and a probable Me.110 on the 30 September 1940 (latter not accredited by most sources). After the Battle of Britain Jeram returned to the Fleet Air Arm and in December 1941 was posted to 888 Squadron. The latter served with the carrier H.M.S. Formidable, February 1942 to the end of the following year. During the operations in North Africa, Jeram shot down a Vichy French Bloch 175 on 6 November 1942. The latter aircraft was searching for an Allied convoy, which had been reported as it passed through the Straits of Gibraltar on its way to North Africa. Three days later Jeram shared in destroying a Ju.88 near Algiers. It had Italian markings and a German crew. He also took part in the invasion of Sicily and the Salerno landings. Jeram was posted to the command of 1839 Squadron (Corsairs) at the end of 1943, and led the Squadron in operations along the Norwegian coast. He commanded the Squadron until September 1944, retired as Lieutenant Commander in 1954, and died in Poole, Dorset in March 1977.

A scarce Second War M.C. group of four attributed to Flight Lieutenant W. R. Jay, 2804 (Armoured) Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment, who commanded a flight of armoured cars through occupied Europe and into Germany - including taking part in ‘the capture of the entire designing staff of the Focke Wulf Aircraft Company, together with many valuable secret documents’ Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1946’, and additionally engraved ‘F/Lt. W. R. Jay.’; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted as originally worn, generally good very fine (4) £700-£900 --- Approximately 68 M.C.s awarded to the Royal Air Force for the Second World War. M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1946: ‘Flight Lieutenant Jay has commanded an armoured flight for eleven months and has been actively engaged in conflict with the enemy since August, 1944. From 3rd-12th April, 1945, his flight was acting as an armoured reconnaissance unit to a special force whose speedy advance was only made possible by his determined and efficient handling of the flight. On 8th April, 1945, Flight Lieutenant Jay was ordered to carry out a reconnaissance with a troop of armoured cars which necessitated proceeding between two strongly pockets of resistance. He was frequently under fire and once had to join battle with the enemy, giving covering fire to an American detachment in difficulties. His determination, courage and complete disregard of personal danger enabled the force to gain its objective without casualties. The operation resulted in the capture of the entire designing staff of the Focke Wulf Aircraft Company, together with many valuable secret documents.’ Walter Ross Jay served as a Corporal in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve prior to being commissioned Acting Pilot Officer on probation in October 1941. He advanced to Flying Officer on probation in October of the following year, having transferred to the Royal Air Force Regiment the previous month. Jay served during the Second War with 2804 (Armoured) Squadron, R.A.F. Regiment, and commanded a flight of armoured cars 1944-45. The Squadron were deployed to St Croix and the Ardennes before entering Germany. M.I.D. unconfirmed.

Fire Brigade Medals (2), Fire Brigade Medal, obv. an early motorised fire-engine, with helmet and crossed axes above, ‘Valour at Duty’s Call’; rev. laurel wreath and engraved, ‘All England Championship 1933’, 38mm., silver, hallmarks, with ribbon; New Zealand, United Fire Brigades Association, Long Service Medal, for five years service, with three extra ‘2 years service’ bars attached to ribbon, engraved ‘R. N. Hermon Levin V.F.B. 29-10-96’ silver, stamped ‘STG’ on suspension; Lord Willingdon’s Medal for Good Recruiting Work, silver, 41mm, fitted with rings for suspension; Lord Wolseley Commemorative Medal, ‘To commemorate the triumphant return of British troops from Egypt 1882’, the last fair, with edge bruises and solder marks on reverse, the others very fine or better (4) £140-£180

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant M. Tranter, Royal Field Artillery, for his gallantry at Demicourt on 27 September 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (99804 Sjt. M. Tranter. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star, neatly erased; British War and Victory Medals (99804 Sjt. M. Tranter. R.A.) naming rather feint on VM, minor edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £600-£800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919; citation published 11 March 1920: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on 27 September 1918, at Demicourt. During the firing of the barrage on this date an enemy shell struck and exploded a number of high explosive shells stacked near one of the guns. A large number of men were killed or wounded, he being one of the latter. Nevertheless, he continued to carry on with his part of the firing, and also found time to assist in the evacuation of the wounded.’ Mark Trantor was born in Hednesford, Staffordshire, in 1892 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery. He served with them during the Great War on he Western Front from 12 September 1915, and at the time that he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal was serving with C/95th Brigade. Sold with copied research.

Three: Colour Sergeant E. F. Cox, Royal Berkshire Regiment 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5336115 C. Sjt. E. F. Cox. R. Berks.) heavy contact marks to TFEM, otherwise very fine (3) £50-£70

The rare Relief of Wexford presentation Gold Medal given to Captain James Boyd, Wexford Cavalry, for being the ‘First at the head of his Lieutenant and Eight Privates of his troop to enter the Town on the 21st of June 1798’ Corporation of Wexford presentation gold medal, comprising oval convex and concave plates, approximately 70mm x 55mm, of low carat gold, unmarked, mated together within an oval band, the convex plate with finely engraved inscription: ‘On the 29th of June 1799 this medal was voted by the Corporation of Wexford to James Boyd Esqr., Captain of the Wexford Cavalry. In being the FIRST at the head of his Lieutenant and Eight Privates of his troop to enter the Town on the 21st of June 1798, then in pofsefsion of the Rebels, and thereby relieving many of the Loyal Inhabitants who expected a General Mafsacre. Eben Jacob, Mayor.’; the reverse or concave plate is similarly finely engraved with the following inscription: ‘On the other side is recorded but a single action of one whose public life has been steadily devoted to the Service of his Country and whose private has been Eminently distinguished by the practise of every social Virtue; Let it be permitted me to boast that I am, and for a series of years have been, one of his many sincere and applauding friends. Eben Jacob.’, lacking its original stirrup hinged retaining loop, very fine and very rare £2,000-£3,000 --- An account of the relief of Wexford town “When General Moore’s army was within about two miles of Wexford, they perceived the house of a protestant in the suburbs on fire, from which they concluded, that the rebels were burning the town. Mr. James Boyd, representative for the town, who commanded the Wexford Cavalry, trembling for the fate of his wife and children, asked permission of the general for him and as many of the yeoman cavalry as would accompany him, to push forward to the town and to make a desperate effort to save their families and their property. The following persons, with great magnanimity, volunteered in that perilous service, and ran a risk of devoting their own lives to save the property and lives of the protestant inhabitants who remained in the town; they were all members of the corps but one. Captain James Boyd, member of parliament, Lieutenant Percival, high sheriff for the county, Corporal John Stetham, Corporal William Hughes, A.H. Jacob, of the Enniscorthy corps and the following privates, John Tench, Joseph Sutton, Archer Bayly, Marcus Doyle, Abraham Howlin, John Byrne, and William M’Cabe, Mr Boyd’s servant. Christopher Irwine, permanent sergeant of the troop, followed them rapidly on foot, his horse having been shot. They dashed into the town with a degree of valour bordering on despair, and announced with a loud voice, that the army was at their heels. This gave the rebels such an electric shock, that, panic struck, they fled in all directions, some over the bridge, others to the barony of Forth. Their consternation was so great, that very few of them attempted in their flight to injure the inhabitants of the town.” Gold and silver medals were subsequently presented by Ebenezer Jacob, Mayor of Wexford, to Captain James Boyd and Lieutenant Edward Perceval, these in gold, and similar circular medals in silver to the corporals and privates. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, by John Burke, confirms the award by the Corporation of Wexford of a medal in gold to Lieutenant Perceval. The silver medal to Corporal John Stetham was found in the Ontario bush, circa 2007/08, and that to Private John Byrne was sold by Whyte’s of Dublin in March 2016 (€2900).

Pair: Private 1 S. R. Fuller, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late Corporal, Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (23958 Pte S. R. Fuller. 62nd Coy. Imp: Yeo:) unofficial rivets between State and Date clasps; British War Medal 1914-20 (38857 2. A.M. S. R. Fuller. R.A.F.) generally good very fine (2) £100-£140 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 1998. Sydney Read Fuller was born in Kensal Green, London in 1875. He was a stonemason by trade, and enlisted in the 62nd (Middlesex) Company Imperial Yeomanry in January 1901. Fuller advanced to Corporal in July 1902, and was discharged in March 1903. He enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps in July 1916, and served with the Home Establishment for the duration of the war, and transferred to the Royal Air Force as a Private 1.

British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. Col. W. J. O. Malloch.) very fine £60-£80 --- William John Ogilvie Malloch was born in Clinton, Ontario, Canada in August 1873. He resided at 62 Lynwood Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, and was a Surgeon by profession. Malloch served at No. 4 Canadian General Hospital, Canadian Army Medical Corps. Colonel Malloch died of illness, 18 February 1919, and is buried in Toronto (Mount Pleasant) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada as well as being commemorated in the University of Toronto Roll of Honour Book. The latter gives the following: ‘In the spring of 1915 he was appointed to No. 4 University of Toronto, General Hospital. He reached Salonica with this unit in November 1915, and served with it throughout till he returned to England in 1917. For a short period he was in charge of surgery at No. 16 Ontario, General Hospital in Orpington, and then rejoined the University Hospital at Basingstoke. He arrived in Canada on February 5th, 1919, and was almost immediately taken ill with pneumonia, to which he succumbed some days later. Buried in Toronto. In April 1919 his name was among those Mentioned for Valuable Services.’

Five: Acting Sergeant J. T. Morris, 24th Rifle Brigade British War Medal 1914-20 (373 Pte. J. T. Morris. Rif. Brig.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (373 Pte. J. T. Morris 24th R.B.) officially re-impressed naming as issued in India; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (206495 A/Sgt . J. T. Morris 24th. R.B.) officially re-impressed naming as issued in India; Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, Long Service 1947 (John T. Morris.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (5) £80-£100 --- John T. Morris attested for the Rifle Brigade and served with the 24th (Home Counties) Territorial Battalion. His Medal Index Card states that the British War Medal was his sole entitlement; presumably therefore his Victory Medal was authorised through the Indian authorities.

1914-15 Star (428722 Pte F. Whicher. 7/Can: Inf:); British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (628107 Pte. J. W. Searl. 47-Can. Inf.; 628250 Pte. H. Baker. 47-Can. Inf.; 428254 Cpl. A. Scatterty. 7-Can. Inf.); and Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (651953 Pte. C. D. Prosser. 47-Can. Inf.; 790156 Pte. W. Ross. 47-Can. Inf.; 654647 A. Sjt. R. Redfern. 47-Can. Inf.) generally very fine or better (7) £90-£120 --- Walter Owen Gait served under the alias of ‘W. O. Ross’. He was born in Peel, on the Isle of Man in January 1886. Gait resided in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. He served during the Great War with the 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Private Gait was killed in action during the attack south west of Lens, 22 August 1917. He is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, France. Robert Redfern was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in October 1882. He emigrated to Canada, and resided in Goderich, Ontario. Redfern served during the Great War with the 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Sergeant Redfern was killed in action, 28 September 1918, when according to the CEF Burial Registers - ‘Killed in Action. While in charge of a section, and leading his men forward to the attack on the Village of RAILLENCOURT, he was instantly killed by enemy machine gun fire.’ Sergeant Redfern is buried in the Raillencourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

Pair: Fireman E. T. Quelch, Berkshire and Reading Fire Service Defence Medal; Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Fireman Edward T. Quelch), in named card box of issue, very fine Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C. (Ldg. Fireman George F. Glading), in named card box of issue, very fine (3) £60-£80

North West Canada 1885, no clasp (631 Constable G. A. Blake) officially impressed naming, toned, nearly extremely fine £500-£700 --- George A. Blake served with the North West Mounted Police, and in applying for this medal he wrote, ‘I was a member of C Troop under Insp. Perry and took part in the engagement at Frenchman’s Butte. My term of service dates from May 1882 till May 1887 when my time expired.’ Some further correspondence queries Blake’s entitlement to the medal as he was not on a roll held for Inspector Perry’s company; however, it was seemingly resolved with the issue of his medal. Blake’s brother Samuel also served with the N.W.M.P. as a Corporal, and received the North West Canada 1885 Medal with clasp. Sold with copied research and service papers.

Polar Medal 1904, E.II.R., 1st issue, silver, no clasp, the lower edge engraved in large upright serif capitals SPECIMEN, extremely fine £400-£500

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private C. E. Boote, 12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, for gallantry in rescuing several wounded comrades who were lying in the open under heavy fire Military Medal, G.V.R. (S-21473 Pte. C. E. Boote. 12/(S) Bn: Rif: Brig:); British War and Victory Medals (S-21473 Pte. C. E. Boote. Rif. Brig.) extremely fine (3) £400-£500 --- M.M. London Gazette 6 August 1918. Accompanying ‘20th (Light) Division Certificate for Gallant Conduct states: ‘from 21st March 1918 to 1st April 1918 between St Quentin and Domart sur Luce, in saving the lives of several wounded comrades who were lying in the open under heavy fire.’ Sold with approximately 12 silk embroidered postcards, a postcard photograph of Boote and his family, and a quantity of copied research including Division and Battalion war diaries for March/April 1918. Sold with the following family medals: Four: Staff Sergeant C. H. Boote, Royal Army Medical Corps France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (7344628 S. Sjt. C. H. Boote. R.A.M.C.) extremely fine Sold with a selection of original snap shot photographs, two hockey prize medals and various related badges.

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, N. Nigeria 1903-04 (236 M.G.C. Dalumi Ekupare. N.N. Regt.) nearly extremely fine £160-£200 --- Dalumi Ekupare served as a Machine-Gun Carrier with the 2nd Northern Nigeria Regiment. Sold with medal roll confirmation which states ‘discharged’.

Three: Stoker First Class W. J. Ivison, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (K.26232. W. J. Ivison. Sto.2., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.26232. W. J. Ivison. Sto.1., R.N.) nearly very fine Five: Attributed to Leading Aircraftman E. A. Paginton, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s Royal Air Force Service and Release Book, some staining to 39/45 Star, otherwise good very fine Victory Medal 1914-19 (Payr. Lt. Cr. J. P. Scullard. R.N.R.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine (12) £100-£140 --- Eric Arthur Paginton was born on 26 August 1916 and served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve from 29 September 1942 to 30 October 1946.

Miniature Medals: Queen’s Fire Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, for Distinguished Service (4); Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (3); Colonial Fire Brigades Long Service Medal (7), G.VI.R., 1st issue; E.II.R., 2nd issue (6); Colonial Prison Service Long Service Medal, E.II.R. (2), good very fine (16) £50-£70

Five: Private A. W. Calder, Berkshire Yeomanry 1914-15 Star (2110 Pte. A. W. Calder. Berks. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (2110 Pte. A. W. Calder. Berks. Yeo.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal (Arthur W. Calder) verdigris on VM, otherwise very fine (5) £80-£100 --- Archibald (Arthur) William Calder was born in Hove, Sussex on 8 November 1897. He attested for the Berkshire Yeomanry for serviced during the Great War, and served in the Egyptian theatre from 21 April 1915. He saw later service with the 10th Hussars and was discharged on 8 June 1921. He later served as Special Constable with the Berkshire Constabulary, and died in Newbury, Berkshire at the end of 1975.

An unusual life-saving group awarded to Captain J. J. Shaw, Master of the Steamship Dalton of Newcastle, for rescuing the shipwrecked crew and passengers of the Steamship Tidal of Cardiff, off the Corton Lightship, near Lowestoft, on 12 January 1922 Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society Silver Medal, sometime gilded (Captain J. J. Shaw, S.S. “Dalton” January 12. 1922) with claw but lacking usual suspension; Shipping Federation Silver Medal for Meritorious Service (J. J. Shaw, 12th January 1922) fitted with gold chain mount and ring for suspension; Board of Trade Presentation Salver, 320mm diameter, silver (1,100g), hallmarks for London 1896, with with ball and claw feet, the centre inscribed ‘Presented by the Board of Trade to James Joseph Shaw, Master of the Steamship “Dalton” of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in acknowledgement of his humanity and kindness to the shipwrecked crew and passengers of the steamship “Tidal” of Cardiff, whom he rescued off the Corton Lightship, near Lowestoft, on the 12th January 1922’, contained in its wooden presentation box, generally very fine (3) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, April 2001. ‘On the 12th January 1922, the S.S. Tidal of Cardiff, laden with coal, was in distress about 8 miles off the Corton Lightship, near Lowestoft, the vessel having shipped tremendous seas, which caused her to take a heavy and increasing list. In response to signals of distress the S.S. Dalton of Newcastle-upon-Tyne came to her assistance, and although the weather conditions were very bad the master of the Dalton decided to try to launch a boat. Volunteers were called for, and after the Dalton had been manoeuvred about 50 yards to the windward of the Tidal a life-boat, in charge of Mr Robert Spencer and manned by the seamen mentioned, was launched and succeeded in rescuing the crew and passengers consisting of ten men, two women, and three children, and safely transferred them to the Dalton. The rescuing boat had only gone some 30 yards on the return journey when the Tidal foundered.’ (Gallantry, by Sir Arnold Wilson and Captain J. McEwen refers) A piece of Plate (Salver) value £15 was awarded by the Board of Trade to James J. Shaw, Master of the Dalton, and a pair of Binoculars value £8.2.6 to Robert Spencer, Second Officer. In addition, Spencer and the four crewmen of the life-boat (Boatswain Martin Wennerburg; Able Seamen Arthur Hellman and Arthur Edward Clerk; and Donkeyman Henry Fudge) were awarded the Board of Trade Bronze Sea Gallantry Medal. Henry Fudge was subsequently selected for the ‘Emile Robin’ award for 1922. James Joseph Shaw received his silver salver at a Presentation by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle on 6 July 1922. Sold with a contemporary press photograph of Captain Shaw with the Mayor of Newcastle and other civil dignitaries; and copied research.